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The Ministry of education issued a statement, according to which Sunday, may 14, classes in all educational institutions of the country will be held on the regular schedule.

In the message a press-services of the Ministry of education States that all schools and after-school care will work, the guards will come to their jobs.
The Shuttle, which provide the MoE and local governments will function normally.

Representatives of the Ministry of education declare that in those localities where the buses transferred to the Ministry of transport for the public on mount Meron for the event Lag b’omer, students can use public transport to get to school.

We will remind that this year the Ministry of education announced the postponement of the day in educational institutions on the holiday of Lag b’omer Sunday, may 14 Monday, may 15.

The decision to move was taken under pressure from the chief Rabbinate and the religious community, who feared that ignition of the traditional bonfire night on Saturday will lead to a massive violation of the sanctity of Shabbat.
Parents and teachers expressed their discontent with the decision of the Ministry as a planned vacation for a long weekend with the kids.

Sep: may 14 classes in Israeli schools will be on regular schedule 11.05.2017